Essay On Civil Disobedience

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"It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen." What the great greek philosopher Aristotle was meaning was that sometimes when there are things happening around you that you believe aren't completely right then sometimes it means becoming either a bad man or a "bad" citizen. Throughout history there have been many cases of civil disobedience; The American Revolution, The Boston Tea Party, Susan B. Anthony being arrested for voting in the elections in 1872, The Civil rights movement, Anti-Vietnam War crowds, etc. America's history is full of times people stood up to the "Big Man" and said they were done being pushed around with no actions taking place. Peaceful resistance to laws negatively impact a free society.

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Eventually, when that rope begins to get tugged too many times it creates tension between all the different working, economic, and social classes within the society. Currently in America, there are thousands upon thousands of people protesting the election of our next president. They are mostly being non-violent protest, shouting "Not My President"and "I will not stand for you". But at some point of a process the "non-violent" acts have somehow become violent. Smashing windows in Seattle, catching things on fire in Chicago, and even the beating of a man because he used his right to vote for whom he believed should have been president.

In today's society, people don't understand what symbolism is. Not standing for the pledge, burning a flag, or shouting "Not my president" isn't disrespectful to Donald Trump, it is disrespectful to all the people who fought for this country and died defending your right to smash all the windows you see in public, or burn all the flags that you can find. There are no such things as non-violent protest because they always escalated to become something more. The Boston Tea Party was where the phrase "No Taxation without Representation" came to